Tyson Sick is spokesman for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, which is holding the Great Alaska Seafood Cook-Off in May. They're looking for professional chefs to compete in Anchorage, and perhaps at the national level.
Read More
2011 in review: Charges against CG survivor; electrical shortages; the restoration of Sheldon Jackson's campus; remembering Grussendorf, Eliason and Bailey; new totem pole at SNHP; Falvey a highliner of the year; Sealaska's Redoubt selection; tsunami warnings, earthquakes, blowdown and D.Vex.
Read More
Assembly's planned vote on Pacific High plans catches school district off guard. Reality show featuring Sitka fishery to premiere. Juneau, Ketchikan airports to get full-body scanners. FAA approves PBY landing 2 months after it was planned. Russian tanker headed to Nome with fuel. Police arrest suspected Juneau robber.
Read More
“Hook, Line and Sisters,” follows the Anderson family as they fish in Alaska. A large portion of the seven-episode series was filmed during the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery.
Read More
City Utility Director Christopher Brewton says the extra money for Hatch Acres is needed to cover additional design work on the dam. But he also says the company admitted to some inefficiencies on its side, and knocked about a half million dollars off the bill as a result.
Read More
The Audubon Christmas Bird Count happens in Sitka on the New Year. Robert Woolsey went into the field with organizers to learn more about plans for this year's count and about how you can participate.
Read More
Assembly adds $1.1 million to Blue Lake engineering contract; Sitka profiles part 4: Linda Behnken on mixing love and advocacy on the ocean. Ketchikan mill to produce wood pellets this winter.
Read More
Sitka profiles continue: Herb Didrickson talks about crossing cultural barriers through sports. ADF&G announces first sac roe herring fishery in West Behm Canal in 36 years. Prosecutors say 14-year-old girl injected with heroin by 26-year-old. Wood giveaway planned by Tanana River bridge builders.
Read More
Harry “Chuck” Johnson, 37, was found unresponsive in the parking lot near the first gate of Harbor Mountain Road. Sitka police Lt. Barry Allen says officers administered CPR until an ambulance arrived.
Read More
Utility Director Christopher Brewton says they’re trying to spread out the diesel usage, rather than draining the lakes and needing to use even more diesel power later. That strategy, plus recent rainfall and snow melt, appears to be helping.
Read More
